Two of Paul's three daughters are gay, and one of the churches in Scientology in San Diego had affiliated with the forces that were proposing this proposition. "To begin with, upset with the church had to do with Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative that would forbid gay marriage. On why Paul Haggis left the Church of Scientology ![]() And why people would be drawn to something that has so many negative connotations around it, I thought there must be something that this religion offers them, and that's what I wanted to find out." So I've spent a lot of time interviewing people about their beliefs, and Scientology has always been intriguing to me because it's such a stigmatized religion. I've written about Mormons, Southern Baptists, you know, much about Islam. And that opens up the question: Why would you believe this over something else? And in the course of my career, I've written about the Amish. But here, freedom of belief is like a supermarket. There's a lot of countries in the world where that's not true. ![]() is such an unusual place in the world, because you can believe anything you want. ![]() "I've always been intrigued by why people believe one thing over another.
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